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in the case of al-qaeda and the taliban if you could show that an individual was a member of al-qaeda or taliban then there may be some legal grounds to detain them and try them as an enemy combatant rather than in federal court. but this is masked in legal clothing. it's not actually a legal argument, and we shouldn't confuse these two things. the argument they're making is we should presume from the beginning that any incident involving islamic militancy is some how tied into al-qaeda. as i said, i've done research on this region and this particular conflict for 15 years. while the militants in chechnya have adopted al-qaeda ideology the connection is very slim and they have very different objectives that are very local very parochial and have a lot of to do with russia and very little to do with the united states. >> john: i agree and you're characterizing that as a political approach is profoundly diplomatic. scholar and attorney, christopher swift, thank you for coming tonight. >> thank you. >> john: thank you. one good thing may come out of the boston bombings. the violence is c
in the case of al-qaeda and the taliban if you could show that an individual was a member of al-qaeda or taliban then there may be some legal grounds to detain them and try them as an enemy combatant rather than in federal court. but this is masked in legal clothing. it's not actually a legal argument, and we shouldn't confuse these two things. the argument they're making is we should presume from the beginning that any incident involving islamic militancy is some how tied into al-qaeda. as i...
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>> i think lindsey graham was getting more information about his ties to al-qaeda. and on his hospital bed yesterday he said they are religious, but they don't have ties to any larger network. >> stephanie: yeah. exactly. that's what the fbi was saying initially. can i just say one of my favorite things is -- is the description -- because, you know, he was mad initially what he was tweeting was that you killed my brother. i think he actually killed his brother. >> that was a fake twitter account. >> stephanie: oh, okay. but, you know, that he was -- but i'm just saying that was -- i thought i was the only one that thought that that it was a little road runner he had explosives and he was run over by his brother and dragged like 30 feet and it just was -- i don't know, somebody said he was holding an acme receipt, and i don't think so. my buddy howard kurz wrote the police and this is what i said about the plitttt -- chuck grassley rushed in to say he wants to exam immigration reform particularly in light of what happened last week in boston. this doesn't lend itself
>> i think lindsey graham was getting more information about his ties to al-qaeda. and on his hospital bed yesterday he said they are religious, but they don't have ties to any larger network. >> stephanie: yeah. exactly. that's what the fbi was saying initially. can i just say one of my favorite things is -- is the description -- because, you know, he was mad initially what he was tweeting was that you killed my brother. i think he actually killed his brother. >> that was a...
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now, you say is that al qaeda linked? now it's kind of a -- yes, they are following al qaeda's inspiration. but it is different than saying that they are al qaeda. >> bret: i think there are a lot more connections that we would like to know about with al qaeda and the splinter groups. perhaps from those documents we have yet to see from the bin laden compound. >> i think this is one of those situations that it's tricky for the administration as they try to message it on the one hand they do have a political interest in saying that al qaeda has been defeated and disseminated in afghanistan where we have been engaged in this long war. at the same time we have seen not only with this plot in canada but incidents in northern africa over the past couple of months there are groups if they aren't direct off chutes of al qaeda in afghanistan at least inspired by them. that's a tough thing to say we both defeated them but have concerns about groups thane spider them. >> bret: panel, thank you. that's it for the panel. stay tuned f
now, you say is that al qaeda linked? now it's kind of a -- yes, they are following al qaeda's inspiration. but it is different than saying that they are al qaeda. >> bret: i think there are a lot more connections that we would like to know about with al qaeda and the splinter groups. perhaps from those documents we have yet to see from the bin laden compound. >> i think this is one of those situations that it's tricky for the administration as they try to message it on the one hand...
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but they may have had interaction via the web and the internet with al qaeda's ideology, with al qaeda websites. which in the process of radicalization, gave them targets that they would not have thought of before. and that that target became america and everything about the united states of america. >> and from your knowledge, there was a conversation between vladimir putin and president obama on friday night, a pledge of more cooperation. but the fact is, that over the past few years, there has not been a whole lot of cooperation between the russian security services and our intelligence services. >> no. and let's be honest about what's going on in chechnya. under mr. putin, there have been horrendous human rights violations in chechnya. the country has been occupied and brutalized by russian forces for the last decade and more. that's not to excuse chechen terrorism. the chechen terrorists have carried out absolutely horrible acts of terror against movie houses, against schools, but what we've seen in chechnya is a growing radicalization of the population under the oppression that t
but they may have had interaction via the web and the internet with al qaeda's ideology, with al qaeda websites. which in the process of radicalization, gave them targets that they would not have thought of before. and that that target became america and everything about the united states of america. >> and from your knowledge, there was a conversation between vladimir putin and president obama on friday night, a pledge of more cooperation. but the fact is, that over the past few years,...
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we know that al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartel on the other side of the mexican border. we know people have been trained to act like they're hispanic when they're radical islamists. we know this is happening and it's insane not to protect yourself and make sure people come in, as most people do, they want the freedoms we have. >> cenk: so now apparently al-qaeda is acting like hispanic. i'm not sure i know what that means, guys, but working hard, loving your family. >> what is he talking about? he's talking about so many things and trying to connect things that don't connect. if you're talking about acting line hispanic, i guess you could say, middle eastern people and hispanic people sometimes have similar features or complexions but i'm not sure what he's suggesting that we do. >> cenk: i think he's slightly off balanced, mentally. >> absolutely. >> cenk: he is actually a sitting u.s. congress person. he thinks there are big al-qaeda camps on the other side of the border like they're getting ready to cross the border, and training how to act hispanic and how is this no
we know that al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartel on the other side of the mexican border. we know people have been trained to act like they're hispanic when they're radical islamists. we know this is happening and it's insane not to protect yourself and make sure people come in, as most people do, they want the freedoms we have. >> cenk: so now apparently al-qaeda is acting like hispanic. i'm not sure i know what that means, guys, but working hard, loving your family. >> what is...
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now that makes no assistance because al-qaeda and sunni eight each other. that's like there was guidance go the united states. at least they made sure that it wasn't carried out no matter where they're from. of course, we're going to talk about boston and the rights associated withdhozvt dhozahar tsarnaev. but in order for me to do that i need to bring in my panel. we have joe williams from political reporter commentator and of course, national coverage editor--whatever reporter with politico. i'm reading all of these. and beth fouhy for yahoo news, and kevin cirilli. you can tell i'm in a fun mood. we want to give you an update. everyone knows that the younger brother was caught on friday after a shootout. i was watching all of joe's tweets on it. that's how i found out about it, literally. but let's watch that on abc. >> the bomb suspects now facing the death penalty. among those who lost their lives, 29-year-old crystal campbell the first of the victims to be laid to rest. the search for an explanation as the fbi questions 19-year-old suspect hospitalize
now that makes no assistance because al-qaeda and sunni eight each other. that's like there was guidance go the united states. at least they made sure that it wasn't carried out no matter where they're from. of course, we're going to talk about boston and the rights associated withdhozvt dhozahar tsarnaev. but in order for me to do that i need to bring in my panel. we have joe williams from political reporter commentator and of course, national coverage editor--whatever reporter with politico....
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we don't know if al-qaeda's behind this or not. it doesn't like to me like it's an organized, sophisticated bombing effort. >> james, there's something else that's complicating all of this. take a listen. >> there are descriptions for how to make this kind of bomb on many websites in every major language and an ordinary search engine will take you to them. >> with so many people capable of making one of these simple bombs, how will investigators sift through the suspect sns. >> well, what they're going to have to do is develop suspects from the community, from who might have purchased like item, forensics, from the bomb, there could be fingerprint, dna. there could be tips come in and preincident behavior, testing bombs. there's lot of ways, names of people and suspects will come up to the command post and investigators and candice made some great points and i agree with the way she's thinking about it. the bomber or bombers are very determined, very purposeful. they have it electrically fused, im improvised mind, place to create m
we don't know if al-qaeda's behind this or not. it doesn't like to me like it's an organized, sophisticated bombing effort. >> james, there's something else that's complicating all of this. take a listen. >> there are descriptions for how to make this kind of bomb on many websites in every major language and an ordinary search engine will take you to them. >> with so many people capable of making one of these simple bombs, how will investigators sift through the suspect sns....
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qaeda in iraq or al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. those who are in iraq, the al qaeda members, sought refuge there some years ago as, we were chasing al qaeda out of again began. -- afghanistan. now iran allowed them to remain in iran but there have been complaints over the years that either they were involved in planning some terrorist attacks although those are old reports but more recently there were complaints they were involved in propaganda or fund-raising activitis. jon: obviously one of the concerns in this country based on what happened with the two suspects in the boston bombing, that one of them is an american citizen. one of them was working toward that. you're something of an expert in uncovering people inside the homeland who may turn to terrorism. overall, what, what approach should law enforcement be taking? are we doing the right things? >> well, thus far the record has been one of success. i mean the first good news is that despite an intense recruiting effort online with online magazines and native-american speaker
qaeda in iraq or al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. those who are in iraq, the al qaeda members, sought refuge there some years ago as, we were chasing al qaeda out of again began. -- afghanistan. now iran allowed them to remain in iran but there have been complaints over the years that either they were involved in planning some terrorist attacks although those are old reports but more recently there were complaints they were involved in propaganda or fund-raising activitis. jon: obviously one...
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are they tied to al-qaeda? we don't know yet. >> they sent a letter to the bureau in 2011 claiming the older brother was believer in radical islam. the f.b.i. according to senator graham was aware of his trip in 2012 he traveled under an alias. sprait separately there is an islamic group that has been responsible for attacks on moscow airport. in response the group issued a statement they did not know the brothers and disagreement with russia and not america. they have been calling for the younger brother to be dealt with as a consequence as an enemy combatant or enemy belligerent which would involve delaying his miranda rights. >> you don't want to turn over intelligence gathering over to a criminal attorney. under the law, there is no right to legal counsel when you are egg being questioned for national security purposes. i hope the obama administration will allow us that and they have a bad track record. >> and this is not the course the administration will take. they will take reading him his rights after n
are they tied to al-qaeda? we don't know yet. >> they sent a letter to the bureau in 2011 claiming the older brother was believer in radical islam. the f.b.i. according to senator graham was aware of his trip in 2012 he traveled under an alias. sprait separately there is an islamic group that has been responsible for attacks on moscow airport. in response the group issued a statement they did not know the brothers and disagreement with russia and not america. they have been calling for...
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ghomert has this to say earlier on c-span. >> we know al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartels with the other side of the mexican border. we know that people are now he being trained to come in and act like hispanics when they're radical islamists. we know these things are happening, and it's just insane not to protect ourselves. >> john: oh, they're going to act like hispanic. i love it when al pacino was in "scarface" and acted like hispanic for two hours. and louie ghomert makes racists look so subtle. for more on this i'm joined by my panel of non-experts and what a panel it is. politico median scott blakeman, and one and old judy gold, and the politico median and author of "the pleat idiot's quite to comedy writing" jim mendrinos. when is it too soon to talk about politics after a tragedy or is it different in every situation. >> i think there are different aspects of politics that can be discussed like barney frank was trying to make a point thank god we have infrastructure. >> john: first responders. >> today perhaps not, but you know,-- >> john: would you agree with me that barn
ghomert has this to say earlier on c-span. >> we know al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartels with the other side of the mexican border. we know that people are now he being trained to come in and act like hispanics when they're radical islamists. we know these things are happening, and it's just insane not to protect ourselves. >> john: oh, they're going to act like hispanic. i love it when al pacino was in "scarface" and acted like hispanic for two hours. and louie...
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we know that he actually posted pro al qaeda or at least pro radical islam. what it seems to be -- and again this is very early days in the investigation and so, you know, they keep saying that in the early days of the investigation, you're almost always wrong when you jump to conclusions. but in these early days of the investigation it appears that the older brother had a tremendous amount or held great sway over the younger brother. and that the younger brother didn't seem to have any outward signs of this sort of radical islamic belief but followed in the footsteps of his older brother. so that's what investigators are going to try to find out when they finally get to talk to him in the hospital. as you mentioned in your piece, they did end up mirandaizing him, reading him his rights. there was some question as to whether or not they would use something called the public safety exception which basically says you don't have to read someone their miranda rights if you believe that the public safety is in danger. in other words, you know, if you thought that.
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al qaeda elements located in iran. there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state-sponsored. >> reporter: the rcmp worked hand in hand with the fbi and homeland security in the u.s. it was eight month long operation that went by the name, project smooth. martha. martha: it is fascinating to hear officials did have their eye on these two. what more do we know about them? >> reporter: they're not canadian citizens. firms didn't give their nationality but other canadian sources says one suspect is tunisian and one was from the united arab emirates. chiheb esseghaier was doing research in nanotechnology near montreal. this raises questions of shiite iran and mostly sunni al qaeda. iran denied a relationship with al qaeda and did so today. and u.s. believes certain al qaeda operatives are based in iran. in this case the connection is unclear. authorities say the canadian plot was only in planning stages. nobody was in immediate danger. martha: steve, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. bill: the mental healt
al qaeda elements located in iran. there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state-sponsored. >> reporter: the rcmp worked hand in hand with the fbi and homeland security in the u.s. it was eight month long operation that went by the name, project smooth. martha. martha: it is fascinating to hear officials did have their eye on these two. what more do we know about them? >> reporter: they're not canadian citizens. firms didn't give their nationality but other...
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we know al-qaeda has camps on the other side of the mexican border. and they are being trained to come in and act like mexicans when they are radical islamists. >> remember this is the same guy% who said that -- warned against terror babies where pregnant morts were being put into the united states have baby's send them out to the middle east and then have them come back and bomb our cities. the appeal of loui gohmert is to try to link all of this stuff together but it is really the britters and ziophobes in the party. and he certainly doesn't have a lot of influence. >> michael: i also want to about another strange person mark sanford. the republicans are saying we're not going to spend another dime on this race. he is on his own. his colleague saying i am not going to make a comment. >> he is amazing, you try to sneak back into your house where your wife doesn't want you to be. and the whole story is amazing. at every turn he tries to make a comeback and then blows off his own foot in the process. this is an amazing opening for the democrats and ste
we know al-qaeda has camps on the other side of the mexican border. and they are being trained to come in and act like mexicans when they are radical islamists. >> remember this is the same guy% who said that -- warned against terror babies where pregnant morts were being put into the united states have baby's send them out to the middle east and then have them come back and bomb our cities. the appeal of loui gohmert is to try to link all of this stuff together but it is really the...
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i was really annoyed at peter king who came out right away and said it looks like al-qaeda to me. who knows, right? we remember atlanta. we remember oklahoma city. what are the police saying in boston right now. >> they're not saying a lot. they kept denying they had a person of interest all day yesterday. police commissioner, ed davis explicitly said we do not have a suspect at brigham and women's hospital while there were cops surrounding the hospital and there was an armored vehicle outside. people could see the cops talking to somebody. so, you know, part of the thinking now this 20-year-old saudi national's apartment was searched in revere yesterday and several bags of stuff was taken away. some of the thinks was they weren't sure if he was involved. they wanted to investigate. they didn't want to tip anyone off. so they didn't give the full story. we still don't know if this guy has any connection. tweeted out about 3:00 this morning that the police told him the guy had nothing to do with it. there is a press report at 9:30. number one is based purely on math chances are the
i was really annoyed at peter king who came out right away and said it looks like al-qaeda to me. who knows, right? we remember atlanta. we remember oklahoma city. what are the police saying in boston right now. >> they're not saying a lot. they kept denying they had a person of interest all day yesterday. police commissioner, ed davis explicitly said we do not have a suspect at brigham and women's hospital while there were cops surrounding the hospital and there was an armored vehicle...
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you're going to sue and not pay taxes. >> john: that already happened in spain and al-qaeda tends to not do the same thing twice. after the break he said, hopefully, something else is the matter with kansas. you don't want to miss it. i'm going to get in trouble for this next bit. stick around. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> john: quick question for the panel, do you really think we have a separation of church and state in this country? sherrod? >> john, that's an illusion. first of all, i know church and i know church people. they mettle. they get involved in everything. good luck having something without them involved in it. >> john: it is like a reese's cup we all live with. >> in the language of the lord. i don't know any hebrew. if you look at a gallup poll f
you're going to sue and not pay taxes. >> john: that already happened in spain and al-qaeda tends to not do the same thing twice. after the break he said, hopefully, something else is the matter with kansas. you don't want to miss it. i'm going to get in trouble for this next bit. stick around. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than...
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but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand with gabby giffords yesterday, dedicating a part of the house to zimmerman but now they're -- no one is talking about it. how do you know it is not some right wing nut? why don't they get the elite people. >> stephanie: what do you mean? >> caller: well, you think they would want to make a name for themselves and get the top runners but they wait until they're gone. >> stephanie: because that's when the most amount of people are finishing. >> caller: exactly. no one is making the connection. now we're not talking about gun safety. with everyt
but al-qaeda will go after anybody. the last mile was dedicated to the newtown sandy hook. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: family members were there and what really upsets me is that if a gun would have been used it wouldn't have looked good and how do you know it is not some gun nut because no one is talking about the gun safety bills. jeff flake is not going to support anything now. they go online and they're like not going to do anything. and then he has the norvasc stand...
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he read an online publication proud by al-qaeda. they were not connected to any large -- that this was -- they're calling self-radicalized from the web site, from perhaps mischa. what we've discussed earlier. lots more stuff coming out. fascinating details. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my
he read an online publication proud by al-qaeda. they were not connected to any large -- that this was -- they're calling self-radicalized from the web site, from perhaps mischa. what we've discussed earlier. lots more stuff coming out. fascinating details. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning...
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a lot of terrorist organizations like al qaeda will train people to attack like in east affect, they don't give them an exit plan and they wind up doing this stuff on their own. they don't care if they get caught. they want them to go after a community or a neighborhood. then they want them to fight to the death in the end because it makes for great press. >> do you think the next target was boston or some are speculating new york city or some place else? >> i don't know. you know, possibly locally. because they didn't move. i wouldn't have been surprised if they did something else in boston. the point of the matter is these groups see it as disposable. they're there to extract maximum violence, if they die, they die. they don't carant them. they care about causing violence against us. i am concerned, of course, there was direction, control, lonlistic am support from the outside that this is not over and we need to know the intentions of the chechens. the only way you would have gotten it is with sus stained contact with this other brother, i am opposed he is not classified as an ene
a lot of terrorist organizations like al qaeda will train people to attack like in east affect, they don't give them an exit plan and they wind up doing this stuff on their own. they don't care if they get caught. they want them to go after a community or a neighborhood. then they want them to fight to the death in the end because it makes for great press. >> do you think the next target was boston or some are speculating new york city or some place else? >> i don't know. you know,...
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i don't really think al-qaeda is sending out 19-year-old college kids. the fact the bomb was so crude lead a lot of experts to believe that it was not well funded -- >> and the fact they tried to stick up a 7-eleven. >> exactly. and this did not fit the al-qaeda profile at all. >> to that point the only thing really sophisticated this week was how it was carried out at the boston marathon, but the devices were crude as you pointed out. obviously they had financial concerns or -- and they didn't have a car. the fact that they are trying to carjack a mercedes and possibly later a honda or whatever they didn't have their means of transportation figured out. >> did not the 1 brother drive over the other brother this morning? >> the latest from police was last night after robbing the 7-eleven and shooting the police officer at mit that they carjacked the mercedes they kept the person in that car for a half hour and then dropped him off at a gas station and continued on. and then one transit police officer was wounded in an exchange, and then there's a questio
i don't really think al-qaeda is sending out 19-year-old college kids. the fact the bomb was so crude lead a lot of experts to believe that it was not well funded -- >> and the fact they tried to stick up a 7-eleven. >> exactly. and this did not fit the al-qaeda profile at all. >> to that point the only thing really sophisticated this week was how it was carried out at the boston marathon, but the devices were crude as you pointed out. obviously they had financial concerns or...
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how many conservatives were completely certain it was the return of al-qaeda. personally, i hope the saudis weren't behind this because history shows if that were the case, we would have to invade iraq again. the world has been filled with people who jump to conclusion and maybe unsun stantiated claims. now they do in 140 characters or less. if you have a post-tragedy vacuum that needs to be filled, twitter has all of the irresponsible trolls for all of your filler needs. friends, we now live in the golden age of online niche scapegoat culture which i'm qualified to rant about because i'm on a niche cable show and thanks to time-warner is the nichiest of niches because when something terrible like this happens, there is always a certain percentage of people who sit at their computer and say hey, you know what? this is really all about me. disasters make brave people braver and dumb people dumber. while brave people rush to serve others dumb people rush their own interest. they place blame. otherwise, smart liberals declared unfairly and unliberally that the cri
how many conservatives were completely certain it was the return of al-qaeda. personally, i hope the saudis weren't behind this because history shows if that were the case, we would have to invade iraq again. the world has been filled with people who jump to conclusion and maybe unsun stantiated claims. now they do in 140 characters or less. if you have a post-tragedy vacuum that needs to be filled, twitter has all of the irresponsible trolls for all of your filler needs. friends, we now live...
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and they're looking at al qaeda. and the way they're explaining it is that zawahiri made a tape a couple days ago in which could have been a coded message for operatives in this country to strike. again, this is speculation analysis. in particular, he's been pushing for taking retaliation for the drone strikes in pack stab pakistan and yemen. going to his people and saying we've got to hit back at these people. when i give the signal, let's do it. they're putting two and two together. whether it equals four or not, i don't know. but they're just looking at the mass casualties, patriots day. a national holiday. with a lot of cameras on it. and it's an act of pure revenge. and, again, this is analysis. but i find it very interesting. >> chad sweet, would you go along with that? is it all pointing now to the hall marks of an al qaeda strike? >> it does. and i would agree with bob. if you look at -- if this were something like an anti tax motive, they would probably be targeting the irs buildings. if it were some sort of
and they're looking at al qaeda. and the way they're explaining it is that zawahiri made a tape a couple days ago in which could have been a coded message for operatives in this country to strike. again, this is speculation analysis. in particular, he's been pushing for taking retaliation for the drone strikes in pack stab pakistan and yemen. going to his people and saying we've got to hit back at these people. when i give the signal, let's do it. they're putting two and two together. whether...
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was this an al qaeda event? quite clearly. spectacular event. >> two hours earlier, it would have had hundreds of cameras directly looking down on the scene where those bombs went off. but occurring four hours into the marathon, most of the cameras were gone. most of the video that i have been watching is amateur video. it's unprofessional video. by that time, all the professional cameras had left. the crowds had thinned down quite a bit from what they were. >> i think there is a question for you now. >> good to hear your voice. let me ask you something. we are talking about the staging of this event. two factors that i would like you to put into context. understanding that this corner would be thick with people and this would be the right time to have the thickest group come through and the idea that local cops had done sweeps of this particular area not long before which might suggest that whoever did this was nearby. how do those factor in? >> it's four hours into the race. i have worked that marathon probably 20 times in m
was this an al qaeda event? quite clearly. spectacular event. >> two hours earlier, it would have had hundreds of cameras directly looking down on the scene where those bombs went off. but occurring four hours into the marathon, most of the cameras were gone. most of the video that i have been watching is amateur video. it's unprofessional video. by that time, all the professional cameras had left. the crowds had thinned down quite a bit from what they were. >> i think there is a...
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they had their eye focused on al qaeda. next, officials are asking more questions about how the wife of tamerlan tsarnaev could have learned with the terrorist suspect up until the bombing and even after the bombing in a very small apartment and know nothing? >>> and are brothers more likely to carry out an attack like this than an only child? the psychology of fraternal terror. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. with the bing it on challenge to show google users what they've been missing on bing. let's bing it on. [fight bell: ding, ding] how many here are google users? what if i was to tell you that you would actually like bing way more than google when it came to the results? prove it. let's look up some taco places. i like the left side.
they had their eye focused on al qaeda. next, officials are asking more questions about how the wife of tamerlan tsarnaev could have learned with the terrorist suspect up until the bombing and even after the bombing in a very small apartment and know nothing? >>> and are brothers more likely to carry out an attack like this than an only child? the psychology of fraternal terror. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our...
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his new book is called takedown inside the hunt for al qaeda. i'm pleased, really pleased to have him here on this program. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so tell me what your take is on this-- on them, the two brothers. on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's word not because of what he says but because i look at the characteristics of the event and say from start to finish, where you have a kid who didn't try to hide himself in front of surveillance cameras, pretty basic devices. they didn't seem to have and after-action plan. they picked about the softest target you could find in boston. i look at this and say if they had an operational linkage back home i can't figure out what kind of capabilities that kind of operational linkage offered them. the other thing i look at is if you book end this from where you started 12 years ago
his new book is called takedown inside the hunt for al qaeda. i'm pleased, really pleased to have him here on this program. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so tell me what your take is on this-- on them, the two brothers. on what they did, where they came from, whether there is some election with-- link with people in chechnya that might have had some influence on them. what is the mudd appraisal of this? >> my first a operational is these two kids, i take the younger kid's...
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goes on, the less there is as claim of responsibility the more likely it is domestic rather than some al-qaeda or jihadist group. i think if that were the case we would have heard from them. >> that's usually the case. >> that we showed you we can still attack you on your soil. >> yeah. >> but who knows? who knows? but it does raise the question, you know, and all we can do is look at what's going on and just kind of scratch our heads and wonder. a couple of questions i think it raises for me that i would like to get your take on this morning, 866-55-press, your reaction to this horrific event on monday just destroying what was a marvelous, almost national celebration of the marathon on patriot's day. it's not nufsh to know somebody who is running it or and itunusual to know somebody who is running it or and it becomes a festive weekend around patriot's day. and it will symbolizes boston brings together the people of boston. so your thoughts on that, number 1. 866-55-press. secondly, what does this mean? does it make you think twice about going where there are concentrations of people am? taki
goes on, the less there is as claim of responsibility the more likely it is domestic rather than some al-qaeda or jihadist group. i think if that were the case we would have heard from them. >> that's usually the case. >> that we showed you we can still attack you on your soil. >> yeah. >> but who knows? who knows? but it does raise the question, you know, and all we can do is look at what's going on and just kind of scratch our heads and wonder. a couple of questions i...
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al qaeda inspired. but it's striking nonetheless that there are some close parallels between the description of the devices in boston and this recipe in al qaeda's "inspire" magazine. >> reporter: the homeland security department has warned in the past about the dangers of pressure cooker bombs. important also to say that authorities have not told us if they have figured out whether the bombings were the result of international terrorism or if this was a home grown attack. wolf? >> so, clearly, this investigation is at an early stage when i'm hearing you say, joe, that they don't really have any har evidence or any evidence at all this could have been internationally inspired. they really don't have a whole lot of evidence domestically, either. is that what i'm hearing? >> i've asked a law enforcement official on the ground there in boston about whether they just simply have nothing. that official would not comment on that. nonetheless, they are telling me they expect this to be a very long slog. so i t
al qaeda inspired. but it's striking nonetheless that there are some close parallels between the description of the devices in boston and this recipe in al qaeda's "inspire" magazine. >> reporter: the homeland security department has warned in the past about the dangers of pressure cooker bombs. important also to say that authorities have not told us if they have figured out whether the bombings were the result of international terrorism or if this was a home grown attack. wolf?...
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government pinses this on another country on another group, al qaeda, even, what do we do?what do we do if connection? that's why they are going so slowly, so methodically. they have to specifically find that those two young men or one of them got guidance, got funding, got anything that will connect them to that crime to another country and they are not ready to do that yet. they do not have a smoking gun. >> pierre thomas, it doesn't appear there was much chatter coming in before the attacks, but how about overall? what has the intelligence been like, pierre, tom cass as, in the last several months of international attacks in general? >> well, we know, again, that there was no specific credible threat before the boston marathon. we did an exclusive interview with the attorney general earlier this year and he talked about the fact that while al qaeda's central had been devastated and if you look at the overall terrorism pictures, one of the things that concerned him most is that you had so many splinter groups and also people being radicalized on the internet, and also peo
government pinses this on another country on another group, al qaeda, even, what do we do?what do we do if connection? that's why they are going so slowly, so methodically. they have to specifically find that those two young men or one of them got guidance, got funding, got anything that will connect them to that crime to another country and they are not ready to do that yet. they do not have a smoking gun. >> pierre thomas, it doesn't appear there was much chatter coming in before the...
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al qaeda it does not. that makes us stronger, not weaker. we have the ability under the law of war to gather intelligence in a way to make sure that our country is safe from a future attacks. the ability to talk to individuals who may know about terrorist organizations plotting our future device is a long held concept. long-heldis a concept. i am asking this administration to leave on the table the option if the evidence warrants to designate this individual as an enemy combatant. what do we know? we know these two individuals embraced radical islamic thought, that there is ample evidence this was an attack inspired by radical ideology. they were not trying to rob a bank in boston. they slaughtered innocent people because they view us, the united states, as a colonial power, a christian nation. at the muslim world can be friend. i have traveled out the world and have that many people throughout the world of the islamic faith in our great allies and great friends of america. unfortunately, there is a small minority who would kill every muslim
al qaeda it does not. that makes us stronger, not weaker. we have the ability under the law of war to gather intelligence in a way to make sure that our country is safe from a future attacks. the ability to talk to individuals who may know about terrorist organizations plotting our future device is a long held concept. long-heldis a concept. i am asking this administration to leave on the table the option if the evidence warrants to designate this individual as an enemy combatant. what do we...
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the new al qaeda leader does not believe in that big, symbolic attacks that al qaeda central leaders did almost 12 years ago. he has encouraged his affiliates, as did the last few years to do these attacks locally. and therefore that they are not going to be on the same scale. and most of them, quite frankly, are very different in the sense that they are not suicide bombers. that is, maybe what has taken place. these guys have to get out safely because they did not intend to kill themselves. they could be domestic terrorists, but we could never rule out at this stage that this is an overall strategic objective against the estates by a radical islamist groups. lou: and even if, as as i was discussing with the mayor here earlier, even if indeed this were not organized or directed by specifically al qaeda, whether it be in yemen or whether it be in pakistan or afghanistan, it is still part of a broader war on terror, is it not? >> absolutely. the radical islamists that operate in the region want to establish a caliphate where they dominate the region, and their goals are even as ambitio
the new al qaeda leader does not believe in that big, symbolic attacks that al qaeda central leaders did almost 12 years ago. he has encouraged his affiliates, as did the last few years to do these attacks locally. and therefore that they are not going to be on the same scale. and most of them, quite frankly, are very different in the sense that they are not suicide bombers. that is, maybe what has taken place. these guys have to get out safely because they did not intend to kill themselves....
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qaeda that is the only policy they have but al qaeda is only a part of the problem the larger problem is the muslim brotherhood and macau we have empowered the regime which is the parent of al qaeda and tomas and every terrorist group and we have the power than the give and then money into the manpower we will look back at this period in the same way when we kicked the shot out of irene and and he has been one of the worst in vicious dictators in the world over the last century. a half to recognize radical islam is a problem and stop coddling islamic groups in this country that around the world we have to believe that democratic society it is not. they deny it as a dictatorship and muslim brotherhood believes in dictatorship of islam to take over the world. they may not take over that is what they believe in we should not be a party to it to espouse the of policies with the department of, and security we don't get it. >>. >> kinder score what they said that would be great but not to do with policy execution. fed is not a strategy we have to help train the military to help them with th
qaeda that is the only policy they have but al qaeda is only a part of the problem the larger problem is the muslim brotherhood and macau we have empowered the regime which is the parent of al qaeda and tomas and every terrorist group and we have the power than the give and then money into the manpower we will look back at this period in the same way when we kicked the shot out of irene and and he has been one of the worst in vicious dictators in the world over the last century. a half to...
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it could end up being someone else but it has all the indicators of being an al qaeda or al qaeda affiliated attack. >> reporter: for rebecca roach and all the runners who ran with full hearts and their loved ones who cheered them on it's so incomprehensible and so wrong. >> why? i don't understand. i can't find reason in it. >> reporter: so it was a day of heart break here in hostage and of heroism. bruce mendelson who is an army veteran was on the scene and responded. you were right at the finish line? >> i was in a post-race party at 667 boylston street on the third floor of a building. the first explosion knocked me off a couch on to the ground. i was with my brother who had just finished the marathon. i yelled at him to get all the people back away from the windows. and -- >> and you went down. >> he got people to the back of the building. i ran downstairs and came out on to a sheet of glass shards. there were blood smears on the sidewalk there were a lot of people with grievous lower body injuries. >> what did you do? >> i rendered what assistance i could. i helped the boston pd establ
it could end up being someone else but it has all the indicators of being an al qaeda or al qaeda affiliated attack. >> reporter: for rebecca roach and all the runners who ran with full hearts and their loved ones who cheered them on it's so incomprehensible and so wrong. >> why? i don't understand. i can't find reason in it. >> reporter: so it was a day of heart break here in hostage and of heroism. bruce mendelson who is an army veteran was on the scene and responded. you...
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they used an al qaeda internet description of how to make a pressure cooker bomb. seth jones, a counterterror expert at the rand corporation, has analyzed the marathon attack and how it was pulled off. >> ad libbed part of it and made some decisions on a few elements of the bomb making. but what's different about this is they took a simple recipe and then targeted a -- the boston marathon. >> reporter: why the marathon? because, officials say, it was there, essentially. and easy. not long in the planning either. >> it does appear though that the younger brother had not become involved until later in the process, perhaps a week or so before the actual attack. >> reporter: jones says the brothers seemed to have been inspired by the internet preachings of anwar al awlaki, the charismatic american-born al qaeda jihadist who has been dead now more than a year and a half. >> the older brother appeared to be the more radicalized of the two and drove both the need to conduct the attack as well as the preparation of the attack, that is, building the bombs. >> reporter: as f
they used an al qaeda internet description of how to make a pressure cooker bomb. seth jones, a counterterror expert at the rand corporation, has analyzed the marathon attack and how it was pulled off. >> ad libbed part of it and made some decisions on a few elements of the bomb making. but what's different about this is they took a simple recipe and then targeted a -- the boston marathon. >> reporter: why the marathon? because, officials say, it was there, essentially. and easy....
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two men were getting direction and guidance from al qaeda members abroad. also today, this news clear plant in eastern tennessee, the watts bar nuclear power plant returned to normal status this afternoon following what the tennessee valley authority called an unusual event late saturday night. the unusual event was a shoot-out on the grounds of the nuclear plant at about 2:00 a.m. on saturday night, sunday morning. security officer at the nuclear plant was doing a routine perimeter patrol when he came across somebody on the grounds of the plant. he confronted the individual, whereupon the individual shot at him multiple times. he did not hit the security officer himself, but the vehicle the security officer was in was struck multiple times. the nuclear plant security officer then returned fire there is no sign that he hit the intruder. the intruder subsequently disappeared, probably by boat down the tennessee river. they have not found him. and that's all just in today's news cycle. everybody freak out. there is no reason to believe that any of these stori
two men were getting direction and guidance from al qaeda members abroad. also today, this news clear plant in eastern tennessee, the watts bar nuclear power plant returned to normal status this afternoon following what the tennessee valley authority called an unusual event late saturday night. the unusual event was a shoot-out on the grounds of the nuclear plant at about 2:00 a.m. on saturday night, sunday morning. security officer at the nuclear plant was doing a routine perimeter patrol when...
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we have al qaeda 2.0, that is not al qaeda central, led by the pediatrician who took the helm after osama bin laden died, calling the shots. we have an arabian peninsula, try recruit residents of the united states to do acts of terrorism, even if they are not on a grand scale. >> brian, you have spent, i believe, two decade, educating people about hate and extremism. at your web site at the center, you identify extremist web sites and not just... this type of extremism. it's very widespread and i bet the list has gotten longer over the years. what is the answer? that we can all get along and we don't have to have tragedies like this, based based on hate? >> you know, to engage in the thing that you are doing, i think, one of the things that is really worrisome is that on both sides of the political and ideological spectrum, people feel disjointed from community. when people opt out, particularly in large numbers that, creates a fertile breeding ground for treem extremism and violence. what we need to do is foster a relationship of people to society and these brothers -- they opted out. ti
we have al qaeda 2.0, that is not al qaeda central, led by the pediatrician who took the helm after osama bin laden died, calling the shots. we have an arabian peninsula, try recruit residents of the united states to do acts of terrorism, even if they are not on a grand scale. >> brian, you have spent, i believe, two decade, educating people about hate and extremism. at your web site at the center, you identify extremist web sites and not just... this type of extremism. it's very...
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to use that name now if bu want to be part of al qaeda. we don't know. >> continues to be the term of convenience but it's important to drill down what that means. >> shepard: as they bounce back and for between english and french, they're saying little. >>> official says the surviving boston bombing suspect was very seriously wounded when they finally got him in custody and now that he is in hospital, he is heavily sedated. so what will his wounds mean? we'll get into that one week on from the boston bombing. clients are always learning more to make their money do more. (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottrade's free, in-branch seminars... plus, their live webinars. i use daily market commentary to improve my strategy. and my local scottrade office guides my learning every step of the way. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade... ranked "highest in customer loyalty for brokerage and investment companies." humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living
to use that name now if bu want to be part of al qaeda. we don't know. >> continues to be the term of convenience but it's important to drill down what that means. >> shepard: as they bounce back and for between english and french, they're saying little. >>> official says the surviving boston bombing suspect was very seriously wounded when they finally got him in custody and now that he is in hospital, he is heavily sedated. so what will his wounds mean? we'll get into that...
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it may turn out to be that they are members of al qaeda or something like that. but right now, based on that initial interrogation, there isn't that. and in order to send someone to guantanamo and use a military commission, the person has to be a non-u.s. citizen, and of course the suspect here is a u.s. citizen. so this kind of talk has been thrown around. but there is no realistic possibility that this is a viable option. and as i say, as a practical matter, it's really something that has failed. i'm now in the private sector. and if i -- if someone came to me with a track record of the guantanamo military commissions, i think they would be fired, you know, at the get-go. >> one of the decisions that has been made thus far is that dzhokhar tsarnaev was mirandize ed today at his initial court appearance when the judge and the defense attorney came to him. but this apparently was after he had responded to questions from investigators before he was read his rights. the administration is citing the public safety exemption from the miranda warning as being the justi
it may turn out to be that they are members of al qaeda or something like that. but right now, based on that initial interrogation, there isn't that. and in order to send someone to guantanamo and use a military commission, the person has to be a non-u.s. citizen, and of course the suspect here is a u.s. citizen. so this kind of talk has been thrown around. but there is no realistic possibility that this is a viable option. and as i say, as a practical matter, it's really something that has...
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qaeda in a magazine that al qaeda tried to use to recruit homegrown extremists. the problem is that that technology has really widespread. it is also been talked about by domestic extremist groups. so although it is predominantly used by al qaeda associated overseas, we really can't draw that conclusion now. >> one of the most fascinating part of the story is usually when there is a big terrorism event, a group or people come forward and claim responsibility so the fact that there's been silence on this is a little bit perplexing. give us details on why they would or wouldn't do that? >> as a general matter, when al qaeda has been associated with an attack and it's an international terrorism group, that overseas group has taken credit. we haven't seen that. and my estimation is every day that passes that we don't see a claim from overseas, it makes it more and more likely that it's a domestic group. quite often domestic groups have not taken credit for it because taking credit for it would make them a much higher profile target for the fbi to go and find them. >>
qaeda in a magazine that al qaeda tried to use to recruit homegrown extremists. the problem is that that technology has really widespread. it is also been talked about by domestic extremist groups. so although it is predominantly used by al qaeda associated overseas, we really can't draw that conclusion now. >> one of the most fascinating part of the story is usually when there is a big terrorism event, a group or people come forward and claim responsibility so the fact that there's been...
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. >> well, actually, george, chechens have been involved in al qaeda since the beginning of al qaeda. they were involved in fighting for al qaeda in bosnia and they were involved in fighting against the northern alliance in afghanistan. there's a record here. how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, happy kids in cambridge, and then something happens, a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? when the radicalization occurs, especially when it's self-radicalization online. it's very, very difficult to do. what i want to know, what did the russians do when he went back to russia? they had already said that they were interested in him, he went back and spent six months. what did they do? did they follow him around? >> we're dealing with something of a new pattern since 9/11. attempts at terrorist attacks by people who have been in the united states for quite a long period of time who have become radicalized. not the times square bomber, had some connections overseas. but not parts of larger broader conspiracies. >> thi
. >> well, actually, george, chechens have been involved in al qaeda since the beginning of al qaeda. they were involved in fighting for al qaeda in bosnia and they were involved in fighting against the northern alliance in afghanistan. there's a record here. how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, happy kids in cambridge, and then something happens, a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? when the radicalization...
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. >> they have also made an alliance with al qaeda, they've worked with al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan. one of my constituent's son was killed in iraq by nine chechen rebels. so they're in the fight. he goes over there, the tools of trade of warfare for al qaeda are precisely the devices he built, this cooker pressure device, explosive device. there are reports they had suicide vests on. you don't learn that overnight. i personally believe that this man received training when he was over there and he radicalized from 2010 to the present. and then nine months after he comes back from the chechnya region, he pulls off the largest terror attack since 9/11. >> so there's a difference between being influenced by al qaeda or other terrorist groups and getting help and assistance from them. you think it's the latter. >> i think it's very probable that when he's in the region that's a very dangerous region that they're known for his tactics that he possibly could have been trained at that point. i believe he was already radicalizing. i'm questioning what the father's role is. the fathers alway
. >> they have also made an alliance with al qaeda, they've worked with al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan. one of my constituent's son was killed in iraq by nine chechen rebels. so they're in the fight. he goes over there, the tools of trade of warfare for al qaeda are precisely the devices he built, this cooker pressure device, explosive device. there are reports they had suicide vests on. you don't learn that overnight. i personally believe that this man received training when he was...
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al qaeda. >> at that time, yes. he was put in jail because nobody knew who he was he was put in jail for visa violation. what happened also in 1999 and this came out in the trial of one of the master minds of 9/11 in hamburg the three mastermind pilots of 9/11 traveled to kandahar specifically to train to fight in chechnya. at that time the al qaeda leadership told them we have enough person in chechnya. we have other plans for you. so it goes really deeply. >> bret: general, i want to talk to you tactically. i know militarily is different than operationally inside the u.s. the challenge of trying to find this guy right now if he has had training and he is, you know, basically a dog backed up against a wall? >> well, hiding is one thing. and he can probably successfully hide for a period of time. but he has got to move at some point and then he is vulnerable. they all know that they have great surveillance out there. it's a matter of time in my mind until they get him. >> bret: he may have been injured in this fire
al qaeda. >> at that time, yes. he was put in jail because nobody knew who he was he was put in jail for visa violation. what happened also in 1999 and this came out in the trial of one of the master minds of 9/11 in hamburg the three mastermind pilots of 9/11 traveled to kandahar specifically to train to fight in chechnya. at that time the al qaeda leadership told them we have enough person in chechnya. we have other plans for you. so it goes really deeply. >> bret: general, i want...